thread on which to be factitiously Mentally Normal (NOS)

[Mitchy1nge]

nobody was wondering but not only am I still alive, the horribleness of my back pain has completely stopped is all a bit tender and traumatised but hooray for me

and partial hooray for the weirdness that is tramadol I suppose

I only ever finish commissioned stuff because I need the money from it. Everything else is just half done...

that's a very pretty mitten

I never finish anything, my best bit is the excitement of buying yarn and new needles and casting on - if I finish one of something like a slipper there will never be a matching pair

Monday started stupidly early, before 5, with #1 typing some reports with one hand while plucking her eyebrows with the other. She must be severely mentally ill. I should have crumbled lithium into her green tea. Grrrrrr. Don't people know that sleep deprivation is a pathway to obesity?

My dry party was fine when everyone was sober and got more boring as people got more drunk. The only non alcoholic choice was coke so I have the fear that all my teeth will now fall out from the sugar. I made up for my lack of booze by opening a bottle of single malt when I got home.

how did you sleep after all that caffeine?

Cool mitten! I knit too, sometimes - my tension is atrocious though. You can always unravel and knit again (that's what I did when inpatient). I am looking forward to going away, what's everyone else up to?

I'm staying here. I've done too many Christmases with family and it's always hideous and not safe.

Saying that, I'll finish work at 1am Christmas morning so I have the best excuse for not going - no ferries on Christmas Day.

I do a lot of unravelling of knitting, especially socks.

staying with friends in suffolk that we were originally going to France with - will avoid own family as far as possible (not my children obviously!)

they are within easy running distance so if can do Christmas hack, turn out and muck out on time we should get there for smoked salmon and champagne by 11am, exchange presents, have huge lunch, collapse, wake up for cheese and port then go to bed and run back the next day to have another Christmas with #1 and 2 (both working Christmas Day)

I guess somewhere in the 'collapse' stage we will bring horses in and feed them

Went to psychiatrist today for a quick check-in before the holidays - all fine, great heaving joy of joys.

Faintly irritated I appear to have been put in what I believe to be the wrong pbr care cluster - after all this "your diagnosis doesn't influence your treatment, we deal with your personal individual symptoms" wibble, too. Sigh.

Now that's done, I'm ready to get ready to go away for Christmas No horses, but I may be able to commune with a field of Brussels sprouts or two over the festive season.

Hope everyone's doing okay this grotty Monday afternoon.

I also make that five times now in recent months that a healthcare professional has suggested I may benefit from a referral to psychology services, and on being told that I would very much like to be referred, promised to refer me. I wonder if anything will happen this time

Plans sound good I'm stressing, must stop it.

When I start stressing the lovely therapist shouts STOP to me in the way you would a dog about to run off or a child about to put their hands in the oven. It works and now I can hear her saying it when I become Mentally Disordered.
So STOP snowy.

Thanks caulk My CPN told me I can ring them over Christmas if need be, so I have support if I feel I need it.

That is such a good resource. Can you break stuff down into manageable chunks? Sometimes I can do stuff for ten minutes, sometime for a whole morning, I just have to let myself stop when I feel panicky or overwhelmed or whatever

I'll be away tomorrow, thank goodness. DNs (nephew/niece) are a great distraction, as are the rest of the family.

But those are useful tips, breaking stuff down helps.

Tonight's usinguprandomcrapbeforeChristmas dinner: baked beans, scrambled eggs, and fish fingers on toast.

What's everyone else having so I can be jealous?

I wouldn't be jealous of mine. It's some kind of herbal tea. Pretty sure it's white tea? Green tea? I can't even tempt myself with the exciting Yoghurt and Muesli which is most other meals.

Either this is depression approaching or a coldy fluey thing.

I had 4 chicken thighs, pre-cooked by Co-op. Not really jealousy-worthy, it's because I've cleaned out the fridge in preparation for going away.

I hope it's a 24 hour bug, caulk

It's swinging between a really sore throat and sobbing all day. I think I could cope with a bug, but not until I finish work for Christmas.

That really sucks Caulk Hope you feel better soon.

Mouse: our fridges probably have much in common right now

Just coming to say I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas, I may have no internet connection for the next few days.

You too Snowy - happy Christmas for the day after tomorrow

hope you are all still alive? Has snowy left us already?

so much Stuff to do (that's why am chain smoking before riding completely unnecessarily - just for FUN because the sun is out for once) have survived yesterday's severe sleep deprivation of being forcibly awake from about 4:30am until past midnight poor me and being Too Fat To Lead A Normal Life

I wonder if we'll be expected to use the gold Christmas paper napkins my parents have brought out of the cupboard for the last few years; the ones that gradually coat your hands and the bottom half of your face in a thin golden sheen.